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Unclassified road crash in Torridge EX39 on 7 February 1990 at 19:00 involving a Zastava Yugo

A Zastava Yugo crashed on an unclassified road in Torridge at 19:00 on Wednesday 7 February 1990. The 39-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 Feb 1990
Wednesday, 19:00
Vehicles
1
Zastava Yugo
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.04168, longitude -4.23374, in the EX39 postcode district and within the built-up area of Westward Ho!.

Map of where the crash happened in Torridge

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199050C410128
Council area
Torridge
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp
Special conditions at the site
Roadworks
Carriageway hazards
Roadworks

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 50 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 8 November 1993.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Zastava Yugo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    1,301 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Zastava Yugo)

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 199050C410128 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Torridge road accident statistics for 1990.